The Dhāraṇī of the Four Great Kings translated by Erick Tsiknopoulos

The Dhāraṇī of the Four Great Kings 
(rgyal po chen po’i bzhi’i gzungs bzhugs so)

From ‘Collected Daily Practices of Names and Dhāraṇīs’
(mtshan gzungs rgyun khyer phyogs bsgrigs), 
by the 7th Panchen Lama, Lobzang Pëlden Tenpay Nyima 
(1782–1853, pan-chen sku-phreng bdun-pa blo-bzang dpal-ldan bstan-pa’i nyi-ma)

Translated from the Tibetan by Erick Tsiknopoulos 
& the Sugatagarbha Translation Group

DEY-PÖN CH’EN-PO SER-DOK CHEN
Great Captain of golden hue,

BE-CHÖN DANG NI NÉ’U-LÉ DZIN
Who holds a staff and mongoose,

NÖ-JIN TS’OK LA WANG-GYUR-PA’Y
Wielding mastery over the hosts of Yakṣas:

NAM-T’Ö-S’AY LA CH’AK-TS’ËL LO
To Vaiśravaṇa, I bow down.

GYËL-PO CH’EN-PO PËL-DEN-PA
Great King endowed with glory,

MA-GAY DOK TS’UNG PI-WAM DZIN
Who has a color like emerald and holds a lute,

DRI-ZA’Y TS’OK LA WANG-GYUR-PA’Y
Wielding mastery over the hosts of Gandharvas:

YUL-KHOR-S’UNG LA CH’AK-TS’ËL LO
To Dhṛtarāṣṭra, I bow down.

PA-WO CH’EN-PO TOP-PO-CH’É
Great Hero of massive strength,

KHA-DOK NGÖN-PO RËL-DRI DZIN
Who has a blue color and holds a sword,

DRUL-BUM TS’OK LA WANG-GYUR-PA’Y
Wielding mastery over the hosts of Kumbhandas:

P’HAK-KYEY-PO LA CH’AK-TS’ËL LO
To Virūḍhaka, I bow down.

NGA-DAK CH’EN-PO T’U-WO-CH’É
Great Master of immense power,

KHA-DOK MAR-SER DRUL ZHAK DZIN
Who has an orange color and holds a snake,

LU YI TS’OK LA WANG-GYUR-PA’Y
Wielding mastery over the hosts of Nāgas:

MIG-MI-ZANG LA CH’AK-TS’ËL LO
To Virūpākṣa, I bow down.

[The Dhāraṇī:]

OṂ VAI SVĀHĀ/‭ ‬OṂ DHRI SVĀHĀ/‭ ‬OṂ VI SVĀHA/‭ ‬OṂ‭ ‬KṢA‭ ‬SVĀHĀ

[Tibetan pronunciation:

OṂ BAI SWĀHĀ/ OṂ DHRI SWĀHĀ/ OṂ BI SWĀHA/ OṂ KSHA SWĀHĀ

Or more commonly:

OṂ BAI SOHĀ/ OṂ DHRI SOHĀ/ OṂ BI SOHA/ OṂ KSHA SOHĀ]

Recite as much as possible.

KHYEY LA TÖ CHING SÖL-WA TAP-PA’Y T’Ü
By the power of praising and supplicating you,

DAK SOK GANG-DU NAY-PA’Y SA-CH’OK DÉR
In whatever places I and others may dwell,

NAY DANG UL-P’ONG T’AP-TSÖ ZHI-WA DANG
Please pacify illness, poverty and conflict;

CH’Ö DANG TRA-SHIY P’ËL-WAR DZAY DU SÖL
And ensure the increase of the Dharma and good fortune.

Translated from the Tibetan by Erick Tsiknopoulos, September 9th, 2016 in Pokhara, Nepal. Finalized on December 31st 2016 in Boudhanath, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Special thanks to Ned Branchi for his work with the Sanskrit and dhāraṇī.

Notes:

“orange” (dmar-gser), literally ‘reddish yellow’.

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Day One - Shantideva's "Guide" requested by Russian Buddhists, Dalai Lama

TAM

TAM

The Tam syllable, seed syllable of Tara, is most often visualized at Her heart, glowing and emanating healing light. TAM normally sits on a lotus. Here the TAM is green, which can represent any Tara. Often White Tara practice visualizes the Tam as white.

WHAT IS BODHICITTA?

WHAT IS BODHICITTA?

Bodhicitta is a mind (including thought, action, feeling and speech) totally dedicated to others and to achieving full enlightenment in order to benefit all sentient beings as fully as possible. Bodhicitta is often called the ‘Wish Fulfilling Jewel’, because like a magic jewel it brings true happiness. There are two levels of bodhichitta:
(1) aspirational,
(2) engaged. 
Aspirational bodhichitta is the complete wish to overcome our emotional afflictions and delusions to realise our full potentials to bring all fellow beings to the enlightened state free from suffering.
Aspirational Bodhicitta has two stages
1) Heartfelt wishing to become a Buddha to benefit all sentient beings.
2) Pledging never to abandon this aim until it is achieved.
Developing the wishing state does not involve a pledge. With the pledged state of bodhicitta, we promise to train in five actions that help us never to lose our determination. . The first four trainings determine our bodhicitta aspiration and pledge not to decline during this lifetime. The fifth training determines us not to lose our intention in future lives.
Engaged bodhichitta means engaging in the practices and behaviour that bring about this goal by taking the bodhisattva vows to restrain from actions detrimental to it.
In taking bodhisattva vows the trainee bodhisattva vows to abstain from certain negative acts that would defer the bodhisattva reaching enlightenment and thereby to be of as much benefit to others as is possible. The vows are:
(1) eighteen actions that, if committed, constitute a root downfall
(2) forty-six types of wrong behavior
There are Four Trainings for bodhicitta Resolve Not to Decline in This Life
1) Each day and night, recalling the advantages of the bodhicitta motivation.
2) Remembering, reaffirming and intensifying this motivation by rededicating our hearts to our enlightenment and the enlightenment of others, three times each day and three times each night.
3) Striving to build up positive mental states and deep awareness and wisdom. Benefiting and helping others using all the skills and means at our disposal, as effectively as we can, and doing so with as much deep awareness of reality as is possible.
4) Never giving up trying to help anyone, or at least wishing to be able to do so, no matter how difficult he or she may be.

Day Three - Shantideva's "Guide" requested by Russian Buddhists

Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, from “Longchenpa's Advice from the Heart”

"Samsara" is the cyclic existence or pattern that our spirit travels both in this life and eternally. We are all spiritual warriors whether we realize it or not. The Way is in the Middle, away from extremes say the Sages. So many levels of challenges and obstacles subtly intertwined within fear, love, ego and cosmic karma.

Namkhai Norbu on Awareness and Attachment.

If we are spiritual practitioners we feel contempt for samsaric situations; we are not seriously or deeply interested in them. This does not mean that we feel disgust for or reject everything. In our life, all is relative. In our life, not everything is how it should be, nonetheless we continue to live. We accept and integrate the various circumstances of life. This is part of our awareness. To accept everything with awareness is different from being completely attached. Some people have an exaggerated liking for this or that: this is attachment. However, it does not mean that if you are a good practitioner you cannot have likings. You can like and enjoy with awareness. In the samsaric condition, we possess five or six senses, and with the senses we enjoy contact with objects. When we see an object, a flower for example, we may like it. We observe its beauty and smell its fragrance. We enjoy looking and smelling. To enjoy with awareness means to know the real nature of the object and not become attached to it. In this way, we enjoy without having negative consequences. If we are not aware, we become distracted with our liking for the flower; we want to possess the flower and attempt to have it. Thus, attachment increases, releasing all other emotions, with the ensuing negative karma. In brief, if one is aware and undistracted the enjoyment of the senses does not pose any problem. If one is distracted, enjoyment always bears negative consequences, even if things appear joyful and gratifying. For that reason, the teaching says that all is illusion. When we see a nice object and we become attached, we resemble a moth which, attracted by a flame at night, flies into it, burns, and dies.

— Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, from “Longchenpa's Advice from the Heart”

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NEW The Seven Line Prayer to Guru Rinpoche (can you spot the 3 Jesus in this prayer to Padmasambhava)

The Vajra Guru Mantra

H.E Tsikyi Chokling Rinpoche Heart advice.

http://www.buddhaofcompassion.org/ogyen_menlha.htm

Guru Rinpoche medicine Buddha(Tibetan: Ogyen Menlha) Guru Rinpoche medicine Buddha mantra His Holiness Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje Rinpoche As Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava has prophesied that in this Dark Age of degeneration, 3/4 of the world will be emptied by black epidemics. In the 7th century Guru Rinpoche also prophesied that many epidemics like SARS, Bird Flu etc will occur and right now we are affected by the H1N1 infection. We never know what kind of disease will come next. Hence to save from all these kind of disease and misery we should have devotion to Guru Padmasambhava or Ogyen Menlha (Guru Rinpoche Medicine Buddha) with confidence they can help and save us, He who is the protector to the helpless. From: H. E. Tulku's Ngon-Dro Teaching Text Book Fifth Uncommon Preliminary Practice Receiving the blessings through the Guru Yoga Practice The root text says, In the space above in front of one, imagine in the midst of rainbow lights Resides the root guru Throetreng Tsal (The One who wears a skull garland-Guru Rinpoche) Encircled by an ocean of vidyadharas--Awarness Holders of the Three Lineages Think that He is in nature the essence of all the objects of refuge Recite the Seven-Line Prayer and later the Vajra Guru Mantra The meaning of the mantra is as follows: Before the existence of Guru There is not even the name of Buddha Even the Buddhas of the thousand Kalpas Came into being by relying on a Guru Even the Lord Buddha said, When the final Five Hundredth cycle comes, I will miraculously come in the form of Guru/Teachers And will benefit you and others.   As mentioned above, both the sutra and tantra teachings, the Guru is shown in nature to be the Buddha. Here, the Guru Yoga practice follows thus, In the space in front of you, in the midst of rainbow light, visualize your Guru in the form of the Great Acharya Padmasambhava, who is the gathering of all the objects of refuge. The Lotus Born Vajra (Guru Rinpoche) is free from the cycle of birth, death and old age and has a white complexion with pinkish hue wearing brocade and the three robes of a monk. He has one face and two hands, the right hand holding a Vajra at the heart, the left holding a skull cup upon which rests the vase of immortality. He wears the lotus hat and in the cleft of his left hand, he holds a trident symbolizing his consort, the mother of bliss and emptiness. Guru Rinpoche resides surrounded by rainbow light, encircled by the gurus of the three lineages, the mind transmission lineage of the Buddhas, the symbolic lineage of the Vidyadharas and the hearing lineage of the yogis. Visualize these clearly and think that Guru Rinpoche is the condensed embodiment of all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the three times and ten directions, the sole object of refuge. With such conviction and visualization, recite the seven-line prayer of Guru Rinpoche and also the Vajra Guru Mantra as much as possible. Some people wrongly think that the Seven Line Prayer is being composed after the birth of Guru Rinpoche. This is not the fact. Actually, all the Buddhas of the three times and the ten directions uttered the Seven Line Prayer unanimously. So, it is a Vajra word of all the enlightened beings and not just conventionally composed by some scholars.Ogyen Menla is the Buddha of wisdom, longevity, Medicine and so on. Hence he is the combined essence of all the Buddhas. Therefore, whosoever with great conviction and faith recites this prayer will be freed from the miseries brought on by diseases, evil spirits in this life. If we skillfully supplicate Guru Rinpoche,  in future lives we will be born in the Glorious Lotus Light Copper Colored Mountain paradise (Tib; Zang-Dog Pal-Ri), the pure realm of Guru Rinpoche. Such are the manifold benefits of reciting this prayer.   Particularly, Guru Rinpoche has prophesied that in this degenerate era, so called 'modern times' -- when the thoughts and actions of beings go astray from the virtuous path of holy dharma -- diseases, famine, warfare, and strife will befall. The inner and outer elements of nature will become unbalanced, giving rise to diseases never known before, diseases like Ebola, AIDS, Hepatitis A, B & C, SARS, Bird Flu, H1N1 Flu, new kinds of Cancer, and others which will come in the future. Furthermore, he has predicted that one-fourth of the human populace on this earth will perish due to the occurrence of eighteen different kinds of infectious diseases. Similarly, he has also foreseen a time in the future when the world will be plagued by cattle diseases, epidemics, negative influences of planets, Nagas, Gods and spirits, and elemental spirits, failures of crops due to drought, frost bite and hailstorms, war and conflict, floods due to heavy rainfall, tsunamis, earthquakes, typhoon, volcanoes, forest fires, and fires that destroy villages, cities and towns. Thus, whenever the destructive forces of the four elements occur, whosoever prays to Guru Rinpoche with unshakeable faith, Guru Rinpoche himself has promised that he or she will not be affected by these destructive forces of nature and will be saved. With such conviction and visualization, recite the seven-line prayer of Guru Rinpoche and also the Vajra Guru Mantra as much as possible. The Seven Line Prayer Hung, In the northwest of the land of Uddiyana, On a blooming lotus flower, You have attained supreme, wondrous siddhi. You are renowned as Padmakara, Surrounded by your retinue of many dakinis. We practice following your example. Please approach and grant your blessings. GURU PEMA SIDDHI HUNG Listen to the Seven-Line Prayer in Tibetan Explanation of the Seven-Line Prayer   Essence Mantra is:    Listen to the Vajra Guru mantra in Tibetan Guru Rinpoche medicine Buddha mantra The meaning is Lotus Born Vajra Guru who is the embodiment of the three enlightened bodies, may you bless me with the common and supreme spiritual attainments! Summary Lord Buddha prophesied the Great Acharya Padmasambhava when he was about to pass away. The prophecy read thus: After my passing away When one hundred and twelve years have passed In the island of Lake Danakosha A person greater than me will come In the Sutra called Extensive Wisdom, it says, In order to criticize the eternalistic view, I passed away In order to criticize the nihilistic view, I appear forty-three years (after the parinirvana of Lord Buddha) In the island of Dana Kosha, upon a lotus flower Having attained the wonderful spiritual attainments, I will become a King's son The Inconceivable Sutra further says, Due to the fortunate and marvelous activities Of the Buddhas of the three times, their embodiment (Appears) on the wonderful lotus flower In the form of an awareness-holder In the tantra called Penetration of Sound, After my passing away In the Western Land of Oddiyana In the Dana Kosha Lake, on a lotus (Will appear) a son without a father called Vajrahe Who will hold the teachings of the sublime masters In the Secret Tantra of Dakini, it says,  In the middle of the kalpas In the midst of the ten sacred places of Heruka I will appear in the form of an awareness-holder And will become the master holder of tantra teachings In the Manjusrinamasamgiti, it is said, The Glorious Buddha born out of a lotus Holding the treasure of enlightened wisdom Assuming different manifestations of king and so on Great Buddha, holder and the King of Mantras As shown in many sutras and tantras, Lord Buddha has prophesied that Guru Rinpoche is inseparable from him and accepted to be his own manifestation. Therefore, without wavering from the enlightened mind of Buddha Amitabha, the Vajra speech embodiment of all the Buddhas of the three times, Guru Rinpoche appeared from Amitabha's unceasing expressive power of compassion taking various miraculous emanations through which he benefited all sentient beings. As shown in Pema Kathang, it is clear that, Guru Rinpoche, through the three ways of looking, from the HRI syllable at the heart of Dharmakaya Buddha Amitabha, emanated a five-pointed golden Vajra, which rested upon the lotus in the milky lake of Danakosha situated in the North Western part of Oddiyana, giving birth to Guru Rinpoche miraculously. Later he was invited as the son of King Indrabodhi. Gradually, in the eight charnel grounds and the twenty-four tantric sites, Guru Rinpoche displayed varied virtuous activities leading to the eight different names respective to each activity. In this world, he generally illuminated the general teachings of Lord Buddha and particularly, the Vajrayana teachings and also benefited many beings and brought happiness to many beings like the rays of sun, before finally departing to the South West Land of Cannibals. If Guru Rinpoche has not gone to that land of Rakshasas, there was a great danger of human beings being attacked and consumed by the cannibals. So, through Guru Rinpoche's tantric prowess, he subdued them by liberating their king and assuming as the King of the Rakshasas, named Thoetreng Tsal. He is beyond the cycle of birth, death, and old age and he is more powerful in spiritual activities than the other Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. The reason behind this is that he is the combined essence or the collective embodiment of the power of all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the three times and ten directions. Moreover, he is not born from a mother's womb and deliberately came to this world to tame the beings of this degenerate age. Hence his compassion and activities excel all the other Buddhas.   Guru Rinpoche himself has promised that whoever has faith in him; he will be next to that person for protection. Especially if one pray to Guru Rinpoche on the Tenth day of each Tibetan Month, he has gave a word that he will come personally on that day. In essence, the Buddhas of the three times are inseparable with Guru Rinpoche. This is being supported by this proclamation made by Guru Rinpoche,  "The Great Vajradhara residing in the Densely Arrayed Realm of Akanistha,  The Great Sage, Lord Buddha residing in Bodh Gaya, Both of them are inseparably complete in me."   Again, he further says, If you see me, you see all the Buddhas, If you accomplish my state, you will accomplish the state of all Buddhas I am the condensed essence of all the Buddhas. Thus, other than Guru Rinpoche, there is no supreme object of refuge in this and next lives.

         (On pg 7) angrily smiling, twenty eight old youthful. That is not 28 it was 8+8=16              

         (On pg 8) Namgyal A-rura - There is three chief fruits of Tibetan medicines: In Tib; A-rura, Latin; Terminalia chebula & Eng; Chebula Myrobalan  /  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Myrobalan

          (On pg 16) Ben Dur Ya - Lapis lazuli

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My father is wisdom. My mother is selflessness.
My country is of the Dharma. I am sustained by clarity and confusion.
I have come here to destroy sufferings.

~ Life and liberation of PADMASAMBHAVA
 

Wrathful Guru Rinpoche

Be virtue prevailing from the illness combat

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GURU RINPOCHE WARNING LETTER ON KARMAorThe State of the World Today by Theodoor Richard

 

GURU RINPOCHE WARNING LETTER ON KARMAorThe State of the World TodaybyTheodoor Richard

Guru Rinpoche, or Padmasambhava, was a Buddhist Saint who lived at the end of thefirst milennium. He was born in India, but traveled to Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet, where hespent many years to introduce Tantric Buddhism to the people of Tibet. He did so uponthe invitation of the Dharma King Trisong Deutsen, who wanted to re-establishBuddhism as Tibet's national spiritual heirdom.Guru Rinpoche was a great Tantric master. By many, mostly the Tibetan Buddhistschools of the Nyingma and Kagyu, he is considered to personalize the secondemanation on this Earth of the Buddha of our time, Buddha Shakyamuni.Many masters in Buddhism of our modern days, consider the teachings of GuruRinpoche of the highest order and importance especially for the times that we live in,when the Dharma of the truth of our reality, is difficult to find and people live mostlywith bad circumstances, sickness and wars.From his kindness and compassionate heart, Guru Rinpoche decided to send a WarningLetter in his Earthly lifetime, to the people of Tibet to explain very clearly to them, thelaws of Karma, or the workings of cause and effect. This especially, with respect to theeffects of negative behaviour that people very commonly engaged in then, and still do.As the times of this world are seemingly getting harder and harder and good advice isgetting scarcer and scarcer, I feel it is very good to attempt a modest translation of thisletter and publish it here for you to read and contemplate.It reads as follows:

 

OM AH PADMASAMBHAVAThis is the World Prediction Warning Letter, Sent from the South West Land of Losar:By the power of the blessings of all the Buddhas,we can have this temporarily peaceful time today.But those who are supposed to be our spiritual leaders,travel all around and cheat sentient beings.They please people with flatteries, just to get their money and resources;while they are collecting personal possessions, they do not give Dharma asoffering.Monks are not reciting the Sutras, but indulging in singing, dancing andentertainment; while not doing accumulation of merit, nor practicing generosity,they seek money from all directions. Not wearing the monks' robes, they changeinto casual clothes. Nuns break their vows and do not uphold discipline, without shame; they lie andonly pretend to keep up the discipline. Not accumulating merit, they seek onlyouter beauty.Women talk divisively to break happy marriages.Rebelling against their parents, the daughters chase them out off their homes.They cause brothers to have fights and make mistakes without regrets.Close relatives violate the sexual morality and engage in unclean behaviour.While doing all non-virtuous things, people lead demons into their bodies;They borrow power from gods or demons to do gambling.Addicted to smoking, people invite the demons or gods into the smoke.Indulging in drinking alcohol, they force the guardian gods out off the door.Because of all this, demons are flourishing in Tibet in the Earth Tiger year;Everywhere, demonic forces, obstacles and disasters will appear.The teaching of the Dharma is reaching the time of decline and will whither;Buddha statues, Sutras and Dharma instruments will be sold in the marketplace.All this bad behaviour will create suffering and will cause many sicknesses to

 

arise. Precious treasures inherited from long ago are traded off and sold.The power of the blessings from the Buddha will gradually reduce, so that theoccurrence of floodings and disasters of the land can no longer be prevented.If people disturb the local deities by violently digging out water from hiddensources, the lands will be pestered by hailstorms and thunder storms will wreak disaster.If people will cut down forests, they will bring forth years of starvation.People will become hungry beggars, as they rob and steal others all around.If people surrender themselves to gambling, they will lose all their good luck.And by smoking into addiction, people will chase the Dharma Protectors away.By drinking too much alcohol, people will shorten their lifespan and will incur alot of suffering from illnesses.This I Padmasambhava, reveal to the sentient beings of the degeneration times,sothat in these present times of short and temporary joys, people can deeplyremember that Karma and the laws of cause and effect, are connected.Do not forget do do your daily spiritual practice and do all virtuous things.If ghosts and demons approach you with their harmful intent, pray with one mindto me, Padmasambhava and after the demons are born into Tiber in the Tiger year,remember to chant my 12 syllable mantra day and night.In the year of Iron Dragon, floodings and earthquakes will trouble human lives, asdemons will enter the waters.In the year of the Iron Snake, demons will enter the winds, causing thunderstorms,hail and frosts.All this will hurt sentient beings and cause difficulties, sufferings and obstacles.The Water Goat year will bring epidemics.People who drink and eat too much, will die from brain strokes;People who indulge in gambling, will die from stomach problems;People who tell lies and engage in divisive talk, will die from throat sickness;People who smoke too much, will die from lung sickness;

Buddha''s prophecies and Padmasambhava Prophecies and the coming of Maitreya Buddha

Buddhist Prophecies and the Coming of Maitreya

'In the evil age to come, living beings will decrease in good qualities and increase in utter ignorance, coveting gain and honors, developing their evil qualities, and being far removed from deliverance.' - Lotus Sutra 13

'Before the coming of the Maitreya, the holy religion will decline. How will it occur? After my decease, first will occur the five disapperances. And what are the five disappearances? The disappearance of attainments, the disappearance of the method, the disappearance of learning, the disappearance of symbols, the disappearance of the relics. These are the five disappearances that are to occur.' - Buddhism. Anagatavamsa

'I am not the first Buddha [ awakened one ] who has come upon the Earth, nor will I be the last. In due time another Buddha will rise in the world, a holy one, a supreme enlightened one, endowed with auspicious wisdom embracing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a ruler of gods and mortals. He will reveal to you the same eternal truths, which I have taught you. He will establish his law [ Religion ], glorious in its origins, glorious at the climax and glorious at the goal in the spirit and the letter. He will proclaim a righteous life wholly perfect and pure, such as I now proclaim. His disciples will number many thousands, while mine number many hundreds. He will be known as Maitreya.' - Buddha Gautama

'The banner of Shambala shall encircle the central lands of the Blessed One. Those who accept him shall rejoice, and those who deny him shall tremble. The decriers shall be given over to justice and shall be forgotten. The warriors shall march under the banner of Maitreya.' - The prophecy of Shambala ( Buddhist, BEF 700 CE )

'Drought, famine, disease and war will sweep the world.. Nation will fight nations, and the larger will devour the smaller. ' - The prophecy of Shambala ( Buddhist, BEF 700 CE )

'People will no longer have any religion to which they can turn for solace or liberation: the doctrines of materialism will overwhelm their minds and drive them to struggle for their own selfish ends. The lust for power and wealth will prevail over teachings of compassion and truth' - The prophecy of Shambala ( Buddhist, BEF 700 CE )

'Thus have I heard: At one time the Buddha was staying near Kapilavatthu in the Banyan monastery on the bank of the river Rohani. Then the venerable Sariputta questioned the Lord about the future conquerer, "The Hero that shall follow you, The Buddha - of what sort will he be? I want to hear of him in full. Let the Visioned one describe him." When he heard the elder's speech the Lord spoke thus, "I will tell you, Sariputta; listen to my speech. In this auspicious eon Three leaders there have been: Kakusandha, Konagamana, and the leader Kassapa too. I am now the perfect Buddha; and there will be Maitreya too before this same auspicious eon runs to the end of its years." '- Anagatavamsa

'In those days, brethren, there will arise in the World and Exalted One named Metteya. He will be an Arahant, Fully Awakened, abounding in wisdom and goodness, happy, with knowledge of the worlds, unsurpassed as a guide to mortals willing to be led, a teacher of gods and men, an Exalted One, a Buddha, even as I am now. He, by himself , will thoroughly know and see, as it were face to face, this Universe, with its worlds of the spirits, its Brahmas and its Maras, and its world of recluses and brahmins, of princes and peoples, even as I now, by myself thoroughly know and see them. The Law, lovely in its origin, lovely in its progress, lovely in its consummation, will he proclaim, both in the spirit and in the letter; the higher life will he make known, in all its fulness and in all its purity, even as I do now. He will be accompanied by a congregation of some thousands of brethren, even as I am now accompanied by a congregation of some hundreds of brethren.' - Digha Nikaya iii.76, Cakkavatti-Sihanada Sutanta

'Listen attentively with one heart. A man whose spirit shines brightly, a man whose mind is completely unified, a man whose virtue excels everyone - such a man will truly appear in this world. When he preaches precious laws, all the people wil totally satisfied as if the thirsty drink sweet drops of rain from heaven. And each and everyone will attain the path of liberation from struggles.' - Sutra of the Great Accomplishment of the Maitreya

'There will come a time, brethren, when immoral courses of action will flourish excessively; there will be no word for moral among humans - far less any moral agent. Among such humans, homage and praise will be given to them who lack filial and religious piety, and show no respect to the head of the clan; just as today homage and praise are given to the filial minded, to the pious and to them who respect the heads of their clans.
Among such humans, there will be no such thoughts of reverence as are a bar to intermarriage with mother, or mother's sister, or teacher's wife, of father's sister-in-law. The world will fall into promiscuity, like goats and sheep, fowls and swine, dogs and jackals.
Among such humans, keen mutual enmity will become the rule, keen ill will, keen animosity, passionate thoughts even of killing, in a mother toward her child, in a child toward its mother, in a father toward his child and a child toward its father, in brother to brother, in brother to sister, in sister to brother. Just as a sportsman feels toward game that he sees, so will they feel.' - Digha Nikaya iii.71-72, Cakkavatti-Sihanada Suttanta

'[Before the coming of the Maitreya, the holy religion will decline.] How will it occur? After my decease, first will occur the five disappearances. And what are the five disappearances? The disappearance of the attainments, the disappearance of the method, the disappearance of learning, the disappearance of the symbols, the disappearance of the relics. These are the five disappearances that are to occur.
The attainments: Only for a thousand years from the time the Blessed One passes into Nirvana will the priests be able to acquire the analytical sciences. Then as time goes on my disciples will attain only to never-returning, to once returning, to conversion. As long as such exist the disappearance of the attainments will not yet have occurred. But with the death of the last disciple that has attained to conversion, the attainments will have disappeared. This, O Shariputta, is the disappearance of the attainments.
Disappearance of the method: My disciples being unable to realize the trances, the insights, the Paths and the Fruits, will keep only the four purities of conduct. Then as time goes on they will keep only the commandments forbidding the four deadly sins. As long as there are a hundred or a thousand priests who keep the commandments forbidding the four deadly sins, the disappearance of the method will not have occured. But when the last priest shall break the precepts, or shall die, the method will have disappeared. This, O Shariputta, is the disappearance of the method.
Disappearance of learning: As long as the text of the Three Baskets, which is the word of the Buddha, and as long as their commentaries are extant, the disappearance of the learning will not have occured. But as time goes on there will be irreligious kings of base extraction, and the courtiers and others in authority will be irreligious, and then the country people throughout the kingdom will be irreligious. On account of thier irreligion the god will not rain in due season, and the crops do not flourish, those who are wont to give the reliances to the congregation of the priests will be unable to do so any more. And the priests, not receiving the reliances, will not teach the novices, and as time goes on learning will disappear.. [And likewise with the disappearance of the symbols and the relics.]' - Anagatavamsa

'The signs of these times are new and fantastical modes of dressing - traditional styles forgotten.' - Padmasambhava

'The arrogant elevate profanity. The proletariat rules the kingdom; kings become paupers; the butchers and murderers become leaders of men; unscrupulous self seekers rise to high position.' - Padmasambhava

'Drunkards preach the path to Salvation.. Guileful imposters claim psychic powers.. False doctrines are devised from the Buddha's Word and the teachers' interpretations become self-vindications.. Ideas are established contrary to traditions.' - Padmasamhbhava

'Famine, frost and hail govern many unproductive years.. release[ing] diseases, horrible epidemics and plagues which spread like wildfire, striking men and cattle.' - Padmasambhava

'No rain falls in season, but out of season; the valleys are flooded.' - Padmasabhava

'Earthquakes bring sudden floods, while fire storms and tornadoes destroy temples, stupas and cities in an instant.' - Padmasambhava